§ 01The brief
A 'lawyer' had told the client she was the heir to a distant relative's estate. Every few weeks there was a new fee before the funds could be released. She had remortgaged her home to keep paying.
§ 02What I did
- 1.
Reviewed every payment and showed the client the documents were forged, which she needed to hear from someone outside the scam.
- 2.
Found that the last six payments went to one US account and sent that bank a fraud notice.
- 3.
Filed the CCS and FAE reports and referred her to a non-profit housing counsellor about the mortgage.
§ 03The outcome
The US bank returned $92,000. The rest had gone overseas years earlier. Most importantly, the payments stopped.